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Thursday, April 2, 2015

B is for Bill

White Sox Homerun hitters from A.J. to Zeke

B is for Bill

"Beltin'" Bill Melton

For many years of my life my dream job has been being the starting third baseman for the Chicago White Sox. Bill Melton, played that position so marvelously for the White Sox when I was a kid, that I wanted to follow in his footsteps.

Melton hit 154 home runs for the White Sox from 1968 to 1975. That is 96.25% of his 160 career home runs. The 154 dingers puts him 8th overall on the WhiteSox HR leaderboard. Melton was first on that list until 1987, when surpassed by Harold Baines. Through his career, Melton has averaged 23 home runs for every 162 games played. Melton's 2 best home run years were in 1970 and 1971 where he hit 33 each year. This was about the same time that his performance was making Third Base for the White Sox my dream job.